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you look at the gender gap right now between the president and governor romney. it is in the president's favor. among hispanics, he's got two-thirds of the hispanic vote. younger viewers, our polling on african-americans, zero for mitt romney. are you concerned that republican party is not making much progress toward becoming a nation of converts, politically, philosophically? >> i'm concerned about it over the long haul, for sure. our demographics are changing. and we have to change not necessarily our core beliefs but the tone of our message and the message and the intensity of it for sure. don't think that's going to have an impact in this election though so there is a gender gap in favor of president obama among women. in a dead heat, there's obviously going to be a gender gap for men in favor of romney. this is going to be a close election. but long-term conservative principles if they're to be successful and implemented, there has to be a concerted effort tbroader audience than w today. >> you talk about the importance of the race and how tight it's going t
you look at the gender gap right now between the president and governor romney. it is in the president's favor. among hispanics, he's got two-thirds of the hispanic vote. younger viewers, our polling on african-americans, zero for mitt romney. are you concerned that republican party is not making much progress toward becoming a nation of converts, politically, philosophically? >> i'm concerned about it over the long haul, for sure. our demographics are changing. and we have to change not...
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isaac. >> is not if or when or where mitt romney might go, right now, they say there are no plans to change the convention schedules. >> mitt romney spoke at an american legion conference in indiana. and reportedly going to the gulf coast in light of isaac. >> our thoughts and prayers are with them and our country must do all i can to recover. >> officials are struggling to balance business and sensitivity to the storm, a challenge this mayor knows too well. >> you've got to be able to concentrate on more than one thing at a time. >> nominating vice-presidential candidates paul ryan excess is -- give his acceptance speech tonight. he gave a sneak peek at his message. >> we want to show this country that the men and women in this country have very clear choice between two futures. we will give them positive solutions and alternatives for getting the country back on track. >> it will be a defining moment for ryan, reince priebus told me. he will share the stage with other big names like condoleezza rice and john mccain. >> paul ryan probably understands that he is the vice presidential
isaac. >> is not if or when or where mitt romney might go, right now, they say there are no plans to change the convention schedules. >> mitt romney spoke at an american legion conference in indiana. and reportedly going to the gulf coast in light of isaac. >> our thoughts and prayers are with them and our country must do all i can to recover. >> officials are struggling to balance business and sensitivity to the storm, a challenge this mayor knows too well. >>...
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be right back. chris: welcome back. both obama and romney will go into the conventions knowing they have to first do no harm. with so much riding on this moment in the sun on national tv, they can't trip up like some candidates have in the past. barry goldwater found out the hard way that what might excite folks in the hall might also sink your hopes in the fall. >> extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. >> that also backfired on fritz mondale in 1984. >> mr. reagan will raise taxes, and so will i. he won't tell you. i just did. chris: that may be the first and last time a guy promised to do you harm. i'm going to raise your taxes. what's obama -- how is he going to handle it? he is a populist. he is working against the rich and taxes. >> the country, by large margins, wants to see taxes raised on the rich. the president's team and their policy proposals are where the country is on that issue. what he has to avoid is coming off in any way sounding like he's deny grading the entrepreneurship of businesses. they'
be right back. chris: welcome back. both obama and romney will go into the conventions knowing they have to first do no harm. with so much riding on this moment in the sun on national tv, they can't trip up like some candidates have in the past. barry goldwater found out the hard way that what might excite folks in the hall might also sink your hopes in the fall. >> extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. >> that also backfired on fritz mondale in 1984. >> mr. reagan...
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temperatures -- i know, because i am here. 92 at the airport right now. stay tuned. >> mitt romney officially accepted the republican nomination last night. >> he did indeed. today the romney-ryan team hit the campaign trail while democrats europe for their own convention in charlotte, n.c. >> stan and donna, the latest polling shows that mitt romney did get a modest bounce from the rnc convention. it still looks like a dead heat. after the big finale to the grand old party's convention in tampa, the new republican nominee and his running mate kicked off the campaign. >> what a sendoff. >> ronnie making one more appeal to florida voters -- romney making one more appeal to florida voters. >> florida could be a very close election. i do not know how it will work out. i am planning on winning in florida. >> then romney headed to louisiana to a survey the damage from hurricane isaac. >> how about last night, huh? >> the democratic opponents blasted the romney-ryan plan in ohio. >> and they call their plan -- i love this. "new, old, and gutsy." there is nothin
temperatures -- i know, because i am here. 92 at the airport right now. stay tuned. >> mitt romney officially accepted the republican nomination last night. >> he did indeed. today the romney-ryan team hit the campaign trail while democrats europe for their own convention in charlotte, n.c. >> stan and donna, the latest polling shows that mitt romney did get a modest bounce from the rnc convention. it still looks like a dead heat. after the big finale to the grand old party's...
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right now he and mitt romney are tied. they need to drive up the women's vote. the unemployment rate in north carolina is 9.6%. the romney forces are outspending the obama teams by two to one here. and perhaps it is best captured by a woman who came to me a couple of days ago. i asked her what she thought. she said my late husband is a republican. i voted for obama. i was leaning towards mitt romney but now i'm really worried about the republicans, her words, pushing down on the glass ceiling. president obama needs to persuade that woman this week. >> our primetime coverage of the democratic national convention starts tuesday night here on this nbc station. >>> we turn to the after math of hurricane isaac along the northern gulf. there are new questions tonight about whether the new multibillion-dollar levee system may have contributed to some of the flooding outside the city. gabe has our report. >> reporter: in st. tammany parish the pearl river is rising and officials are considering whether to evacuate 5,000 homes before it crests tomorrow. >> we don't do th
right now he and mitt romney are tied. they need to drive up the women's vote. the unemployment rate in north carolina is 9.6%. the romney forces are outspending the obama teams by two to one here. and perhaps it is best captured by a woman who came to me a couple of days ago. i asked her what she thought. she said my late husband is a republican. i voted for obama. i was leaning towards mitt romney but now i'm really worried about the republicans, her words, pushing down on the glass ceiling....
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romney's sister said today, don't worry about abortion rights with my brother. he is not going to do away with those. what do you make of all the skull duggery going on? >> i think talking to republicans inside the hall, outside the hall. it is important to remember that choreography is less important to people watching at home. that's what is most important to that perception at home. to the romney campaign here. they look at ann romney. the appeal to suburban women. the personal biography of mitt romney. he is not going to be overly emotive. but he is who he is. and this is not george bush's party anymore and i think we're really getting a sense of that. it has moved in a different direction. we'll get a lot of that with paul ryan tonight. >> that message is very clear. and john mccain, the speaker earlier tonight. we'll take a break. when we come back in their entirety. the remarks tonight of paul ryan. number two on the romney-ryan ticket when we continue from tampa. reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that exci
romney's sister said today, don't worry about abortion rights with my brother. he is not going to do away with those. what do you make of all the skull duggery going on? >> i think talking to republicans inside the hall, outside the hall. it is important to remember that choreography is less important to people watching at home. that's what is most important to that perception at home. to the romney campaign here. they look at ann romney. the appeal to suburban women. the personal...
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. >> romney bristled on a question whether state should have the right to ban contraception. >> no state wants to. the idea of you putting forward things that states might want to do that no one state wants to do or asked if they could do it or not is a silly thing. >> ron paul took fearns when they questioned his lack of military service. >> i personally resent the kipe of comments and aseparations he routinely makes and and then spurs people. >> when i was drafted i was married and had two kids and i went. >> i wasn't eligible for the draft. >> while the candidates focused their attacks on romney, the front runner for the most part ignored them and instead focused attacks on president obama n manchester, sally kidd wbal-tv 11 news. >> tomorrow the republican candidates will debate on meantime. "meet the press." david gregory will post the questions on facebook. a 24-year-old airman from west minister died in afghanistan. first class airman matthew seidler died when an i.e.d. hit his vehicle in the hellmund province in afghanistan. two other airmen died in the attack. seidler entered ac
. >> romney bristled on a question whether state should have the right to ban contraception. >> no state wants to. the idea of you putting forward things that states might want to do that no one state wants to do or asked if they could do it or not is a silly thing. >> ron paul took fearns when they questioned his lack of military service. >> i personally resent the kipe of comments and aseparations he routinely makes and and then spurs people. >> when i was...
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america needs mitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now. [ cheers and applause ] now we've got to tell each other the truth, right? listen, there is doubt and fear for our future in every corner of our country. i have traveled all over the country and i have seen this myself. these feelings are real. this moment is real. it's a moment like this where some skeptics wonder if american greatness is over. they wonder how those who have come before us had the spirit and the tenacity to lead america to a new era of greatness in the face of challenge. not to look around and say not me. to look around and say, yes, me. i am an answer tonight for the skeptics and the naysayers, the defenders of the status quo. i have faith in us. i know -- i know we can be the men and women our country calls on us to be tonight. i believe in america and her history and there is only one thing missing now. leadership. it takes leadership that you don't get from reading a poll. you see, mr. president, real leaders don't follow polls. real leaders change polls. [ cheers and applause ] that's what we ne
america needs mitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now. [ cheers and applause ] now we've got to tell each other the truth, right? listen, there is doubt and fear for our future in every corner of our country. i have traveled all over the country and i have seen this myself. these feelings are real. this moment is real. it's a moment like this where some skeptics wonder if american greatness is over. they wonder how those who have come before us had the spirit and the tenacity to...
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>>hey'rerying to have i both ways but at the moment they say they're now shifting to romney as a right wing extremist. the republican party definely the tea party and all that has moved to the right and the belief in the obama cp is that public for all the right that the republica pty has moved to, the american public is not that conservative. we're still pretty much -- americans are very much in the middle a are going after voters.ent when you're looking at fights over places like florida and the battlegrounds in the western states like colora, where the democric belief is that romney has gone so far to the right that he's alienated the core voti population, the hispanic voters, that's where the logic of the strategy comes from. ris: is there too much opportunity to tag with the right wing? >> the thing i want torae is the etcha sketch le that the romney adviser used. he said when the primaries are over, it's an etcha sketch, you start over. he's exactly right. romney will set the table again and always campaign on the fact that he's been consistent about which is that i can fix the a
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does romney represent that to people? >> no. not right now. some of the most striking poll numbers have been the romney numbers on general like aability. chris: why are they saying they're more pessimistic if approximate theys -- he's re-elected then? >> that's not voters overall. that's voters predisposed to vote for romney. certain questions in the in poll, for example, about whether people thought the economy would get better, worse, or stay the same depending who would get elected, by far the most on both sides said it would say the same. chris: why are whites tougher on obama when it comes to optimism or pessimism? white voters lean right now, look, the same poll asks which man would be better at setting a proper moral tone for the country? among working class white voters, 49% said romney would be better at setting the right moral tone. less than half that, just 23% of white working people say obama would be better at setting the right moral tone. david, i'm looking at this, looking for code, i think i see it. what has obama done in any
does romney represent that to people? >> no. not right now. some of the most striking poll numbers have been the romney numbers on general like aability. chris: why are they saying they're more pessimistic if approximate theys -- he's re-elected then? >> that's not voters overall. that's voters predisposed to vote for romney. certain questions in the in poll, for example, about whether people thought the economy would get better, worse, or stay the same depending who would get...
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she urged readers to consider what she calls the right things. mitt romney will watch his wife's speech and go back out campaigning. if she is nervous, she did not show it at her walk through. rnc delegates anxious to get going got -- after a one got canceled cannot wait to hear. >> i think and romney -- ann romney is the greatest spokesperson mitt romney can have. >> and gov. chris christie pfautz mitt romney's political savvy. >> he worked across the aisle to get things done and stands for his principles. >> they hope that the speace ways undecided voters. >> we want to make people stop and evaluate where we are. >> this convention will come to order. republicans have competition for the nation's attention. president obama involved in the government response but mitt romney tonight and pl ryan are nominated by roll-call of the states. two of the biggest gains here, and romney and chris christie will start a three days republican pressure to change presidents. >> a maryland farmer returns home to find 70,000 chickens dead. >> police say one man
she urged readers to consider what she calls the right things. mitt romney will watch his wife's speech and go back out campaigning. if she is nervous, she did not show it at her walk through. rnc delegates anxious to get going got -- after a one got canceled cannot wait to hear. >> i think and romney -- ann romney is the greatest spokesperson mitt romney can have. >> and gov. chris christie pfautz mitt romney's political savvy. >> he worked across the aisle to get things done...
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a convention manager proposed to his girlfriend right on the main stage using video screens to help pop the question. along with the showbiz flair. he got down on one knee as it should be and he popped the big question the traditional way and much like the candidates the bride-to-be accepted the nomination. asked if mitt romney will be invited to the big day, she asked, will he pay for the wedding. something tells me -- >> put him on the spot. >> he's being put on the spot. exactly. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning. it will be another nice day today. not bad for this time of year. if you high, thin clouds out there ban. 73 at the maryland science center. mostly sunny skies. a little warmer than yesterday with high temperatures in the mid to upper 80's. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> 4:57. 65 degrees on tv hill. tracking isaac. >> it is still wreaking havoc on the gulf
a convention manager proposed to his girlfriend right on the main stage using video screens to help pop the question. along with the showbiz flair. he got down on one knee as it should be and he popped the big question the traditional way and much like the candidates the bride-to-be accepted the nomination. asked if mitt romney will be invited to the big day, she asked, will he pay for the wedding. something tells me -- >> put him on the spot. >> he's being put on the spot. exactly....
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we will talk to the mayor about what went right and what went wrong. and about last night, in tampa mitt romney's big moment. a more personal side of the candidate than audiences have seen before but did clint eastwood's opening act steal the show? eastwood's opening act steal the show? "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. what a couple days it's been, from the gop convention to the hurricane here along the gulf coast, and so after wrapping up our convention coverage we wanted to come here to new orleans to check on what the storm did and did not do to the city and region starting with this number. about 500,000 people here in louisiana are going to be heading into another night tonight without power. the storm hit hard. it moved slow and came to stay. it's still a big weather system and there's still a lot of suffering and standing water from here through mississippi and alabama. our team is here and in place. we want to start tonight 30 miles to the west of where we are here in louisiana, very har
we will talk to the mayor about what went right and what went wrong. and about last night, in tampa mitt romney's big moment. a more personal side of the candidate than audiences have seen before but did clint eastwood's opening act steal the show? eastwood's opening act steal the show? "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. what a couple days it's been, from the gop convention to the hurricane here along the gulf coast, and...
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under assault from gingrich, perry and the hard right. does mitt romney have the stuff to take it? and build on it? he's got the money e. the family, the looks. but does he have it inside? can he show us there's more there than meets the eye? mow down politics. why are south carolina politics so down and dirty? it's where lee atwater honed his smear campaign skills, people hooked up to justifier calls and turning a murderer into michael dukakis' running mate? what makes this state for everybody that wants to be president the messiest place of all? and they want more than anything to beat obama. is this why evangelicals say they will be solid for mitt romney? does the desire for victory in november trump their dislike of his religion? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "time" magazine's michael duffy. the christian scientist monitor's liz marlantes. nbc's kelly o'donnell. and politico's john harris. first up, mitt romney is on the march and could wrap it up next week in south carolina. in his 40% victory up in new hampshire he urged his rivals to cut out their c
under assault from gingrich, perry and the hard right. does mitt romney have the stuff to take it? and build on it? he's got the money e. the family, the looks. but does he have it inside? can he show us there's more there than meets the eye? mow down politics. why are south carolina politics so down and dirty? it's where lee atwater honed his smear campaign skills, people hooked up to justifier calls and turning a murderer into michael dukakis' running mate? what makes this state for everybody...
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i'm jennifer franciotti, a full report straight ahead. >> mitt romney shifts the focus overseas as the obama campaign looks to stop the momentum. hall lee jackson in washington, details next. >> rain in the forecast again for the o's game tonight. we'll talk about the seven-day in a few minutes. >> while we're looking for closures in effect from tawneytown, we'll let you know of any other barnhill: you hear a lot of talk about question seven... so let me tell you what i know: if question seven passes, my company's going to... bring table games, like blackjack and poker... right here to baltimore. a twenty-five million dollar investment... that'll create five hundred new jobs. all right here. today, marylanders are spending $500 million gaming... in other states. let's keep it here. i'm chad barnhill, and we're ready to build right here. we're ready, and it's real. and all that has to happen... is question seven. >>> live, local, late breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today, i'm sam stovall. >> i'm mindy basara. thanks for j
i'm jennifer franciotti, a full report straight ahead. >> mitt romney shifts the focus overseas as the obama campaign looks to stop the momentum. hall lee jackson in washington, details next. >> rain in the forecast again for the o's game tonight. we'll talk about the seven-day in a few minutes. >> while we're looking for closures in effect from tawneytown, we'll let you know of any other barnhill: you hear a lot of talk about question seven... so let me tell you what i know:...
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. >> all right, tracie potts in tampa. thanks so much. >>> let's get a little more detailed description of what's going on with hurricane isaac. bill karins tracking if for us. >> let's try to advance the story in what's going to happen with the path of this storm to let you know what's going to develop throughout the day today. the storm is moving slowly, but we think the forward speed will begin to progress a little bit. as close as it will get to new orleans at 8:00 a.m., then weakening to a tropical storm heading into central louisiana. even in the middle of louisiana, some of the bands will come up through the new orleans area, but 24 hours from now is when the effects will be ending in the new orleans area. doesn't look like the power crews will get in there to help them out until probably thursday. that's a look at the national forecast, now here's a look outside your window. as far as today around the country, not a lot of active weather. yesterday with the horrible storms in charleston, south carolina, should be b
. >> all right, tracie potts in tampa. thanks so much. >>> let's get a little more detailed description of what's going on with hurricane isaac. bill karins tracking if for us. >> let's try to advance the story in what's going to happen with the path of this storm to let you know what's going to develop throughout the day today. the storm is moving slowly, but we think the forward speed will begin to progress a little bit. as close as it will get to new orleans at 8:00...
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david lederman turned it around on romney. >> mitt romney jumped right on this and waste nod time issuing this response -- wasted no time issuing this response saying that the private sector is fine. watch what mitt had to say. >> after president obama made this statement -- >> the private sector is doing fine. >> mitt romney quickly responded. >> he said the private sector is doing fine. is he really that out of touch? >> speaking from the hot tub of his luxury yacht and another yacht next to a private island that's part of his chain of islands. mitt mitt, in touch with the common man. chris: jon stewart put it all together with this play on the jeff foxworthy, you know you're a red neck routine. >> if you have a car on your front lawn because your garage only holds five cars, if you go to the diner and order your eggs fabbri jay, if you think clover field was a movie about your butler you might be a romney. chris: romney's only the latest politician to become late-night fodder but many voters thought of mitt romney's wealth not as a sign of accomplishment but as a problem that distanced
david lederman turned it around on romney. >> mitt romney jumped right on this and waste nod time issuing this response -- wasted no time issuing this response saying that the private sector is fine. watch what mitt had to say. >> after president obama made this statement -- >> the private sector is doing fine. >> mitt romney quickly responded. >> he said the private sector is doing fine. is he really that out of touch? >> speaking from the hot tub of his...
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the main thing is, will obama enrage the right enough to get them to vote for romney? >> it seems like romney is waiting around saying i'm going to see if nobody else wins this, if the economy is terrible, they'll vote for me. the me and getting a little bit better, and romney has still not said what he would do to make it still better. >> that's right. there is no positive economic message that's come out of him. he doesn't talk about anything in his speeches. and conservatives who want to hear a powerful, proactive in a conservative way message, they think he's kind of a goose egg. >> and he's so uncomfortable talking about his own wealth that they're afraid he's not going to come out and call for lower marginal tax rates. he has an economic speech coming up on february 24 and i'm told -- >> he's going to lay things out? about time. the other big story this week, the white house's original decision to have companies pay for birth control. here's what they wrote. they may not like obama, they may like, rather, obama, birth control, and democrats, but they don't want t
the main thing is, will obama enrage the right enough to get them to vote for romney? >> it seems like romney is waiting around saying i'm going to see if nobody else wins this, if the economy is terrible, they'll vote for me. the me and getting a little bit better, and romney has still not said what he would do to make it still better. >> that's right. there is no positive economic message that's come out of him. he doesn't talk about anything in his speeches. and conservatives who...
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we'll see the democrats come right after this in prime time, the president speaking on thursday night. i think you want to get a sense over the next few weeks, sustained campaigning, a lot of campaign advertising. you know, the conventions unleash the general election funds for each side. they're going to be using that to go after each other. so as you get a little deeper into the month, i think you get a better sense of where the race is. >> "wall street journal" reported that the president told his aides to get him out more, more campaign events we're seeing this weekend, iowa, colorado, ohio, virginia, all states he carried in 2008. are there worries here that he hasn't generated the same amount of excitement and that there may be issues in those states he carried? >> well, yeah, no question. i think that voter intensity is to key that you mentioned because the president has got to drive out his core voters, younger people, minorities, women. he's got to run up the totals there, particularly as he loses ground among particularly white voters that you see among males. we talk about
we'll see the democrats come right after this in prime time, the president speaking on thursday night. i think you want to get a sense over the next few weeks, sustained campaigning, a lot of campaign advertising. you know, the conventions unleash the general election funds for each side. they're going to be using that to go after each other. so as you get a little deeper into the month, i think you get a better sense of where the race is. >> "wall street journal" reported that...
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chris: he does two things, gets center right and right. if it's romney, he brings those in. >> if you think the birth control thing is cooling off, it is not. wait for another round of this. chris: by the way, who thinks it is? not watching television this week. >> fair enough. but republicans on the senate side are making this an issue that takes it out of just the religious realm talking about allowing an employer of any type to have a conscience clause. chris: why do you think they think it's a winner? >> well, it certainly fires up their base. the problem is for somebody like scott brown in massachusetts, he's taking that position, elizabeth warren, most prominent democratic challenger, will eat him up over that making it a huge campaign issue and something we could see for weeks. >> and a way to talk about the president's health care law. >> exactly. >> here's the scoop hiding in plain sight. on thursday michelle obama had a call in virginia, there were 41 separate events throughout virginia, women dialed in to listen to this, 412 hou
chris: he does two things, gets center right and right. if it's romney, he brings those in. >> if you think the birth control thing is cooling off, it is not. wait for another round of this. chris: by the way, who thinks it is? not watching television this week. >> fair enough. but republicans on the senate side are making this an issue that takes it out of just the religious realm talking about allowing an employer of any type to have a conscience clause. chris: why do you think...
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but they just went after him, and mitt romney doesn't get the blame. >> good for mitt romney right now. the minute he's no longer good for him, super pacs will shift their focus. >> what's the story line wednesday morning? >> who the hell is santorum? but there's a point about this, not just the super pacs, easier to crush a guy, negative ads in one state than in ten, santorum is a lot more competitive than ron paul would be. but it's the media. the media works like the jurassic park dinosaurs, 30 feet tall, huge teeth, with all due respect, not the biggest brain, and it follows movement. rick santorum stomps over there and tries to eat rick santorum. he's going to be the happiest guy in the world tuesday night. wednesday he's got to stand on his head, drink from a fire house without drowning and learn chinese in one week to roll this thing out nationally. not impossible. going to be hard. he's going to get looked at hard. >> mike, one of the things -- rick santorum really hates us sometimes, and santorum ran a bad campaign when he tried to get re-elected in pennsylvania it's because h
but they just went after him, and mitt romney doesn't get the blame. >> good for mitt romney right now. the minute he's no longer good for him, super pacs will shift their focus. >> what's the story line wednesday morning? >> who the hell is santorum? but there's a point about this, not just the super pacs, easier to crush a guy, negative ads in one state than in ten, santorum is a lot more competitive than ron paul would be. but it's the media. the media works like the...
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chris: and romney to the right. >> and i'm back to ohio. i think this race was won and lost among the western reserve counties in northern ohio between toledo and cleveland. that whole thing came down to that. the auto industry puts a lot of food on a lot of tables there. and other than coming out against the ohio state buckeyes and the michigan wolverines in the same day, romney could not have made a bigger mistake. chris: did you ever think -- >> i do agree with both of these guys. because i think -- i still have this image of jennifer granholm giving that great speech. at the democratic convention. when she went from -- and she was talking about the auto bailout. and you knew she was building up to the let detroit go bankrupt and going state after state after state of the auto bailout. you got the ohio and michigan and the place exploded. and we now know that it's -- it's really hard to win the presidency without those two states. chris: the annual foot in mouth award. our nominees, mitt romney at that second debate. >> i went to a numbe
chris: and romney to the right. >> and i'm back to ohio. i think this race was won and lost among the western reserve counties in northern ohio between toledo and cleveland. that whole thing came down to that. the auto industry puts a lot of food on a lot of tables there. and other than coming out against the ohio state buckeyes and the michigan wolverines in the same day, romney could not have made a bigger mistake. chris: did you ever think -- >> i do agree with both of these...
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hard right baggage. with us today, "new york" magazine's john hileman, christian science monitor, liz liz, and henderson henderson from "the washington post," and from "the daily beast," andrew sullivan. thursday night's debate was everything the romney and obama presidential debate had not been. >> you can still preserve the important tant things for middle class taxpayers. >> it's not mathematically possible. >> it's not mathematically possible. it's never been done before. >> it's been done a couple of times. >> it has never been done. >> oh, now you're jack kennedy. >> this tuesday night it's back to the main events. barack obama probably will tone it down a bit from biden's intensity. he's going to try to make romney look insincere. here's how bill clinton pulled it off with a gentle dismissal of bob dole in their town hall-style debate back in 1996. >> i think wisdom comes from age, experience and intelligence. and if you have some of each -- and i have some of each age, some experience, some intel
hard right baggage. with us today, "new york" magazine's john hileman, christian science monitor, liz liz, and henderson henderson from "the washington post," and from "the daily beast," andrew sullivan. thursday night's debate was everything the romney and obama presidential debate had not been. >> you can still preserve the important tant things for middle class taxpayers. >> it's not mathematically possible. >> it's not mathematically possible....
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>> right now, clearly, romney has that momentum. he looks like the winner right now. >> you want to be riding a wave of support real or imaginative but you want to be seen as a fighter so you can say, yeah, he gets this. he doesn't thing he has this locked up yet. >> i'm with duffy. you want to be seen as someone fighting if people especially when people are hurting. chris: i think you want to win. [laughter] >> one of the rights of every presidential election, the center of new york politics, the new york catholic archdiocese entails great political humor. >> let's just say that some in the media have a certain way of looking at things when suddenly i pulled ahead in some of the major polls. what was the headline? polls show obama leading from behind. and i've already seen early reports from tonight's dinner. headline, obama embraced by catholics. romney dies with rich people. >> it turns out millions of americans focused in on the second debate who didn't focus in on the first debate and i happen to be one of them. i particularly
>> right now, clearly, romney has that momentum. he looks like the winner right now. >> you want to be riding a wave of support real or imaginative but you want to be seen as a fighter so you can say, yeah, he gets this. he doesn't thing he has this locked up yet. >> i'm with duffy. you want to be seen as someone fighting if people especially when people are hurting. chris: i think you want to win. [laughter] >> one of the rights of every presidential election, the...
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it also warns that romney will end bert and ernie's right to a civil union. the debate was the most tweeted about event in u.s. political history. >>> former saved by the bell star is suffering from bipolar disorder. "people" interviewed the women after lark's appearance on tv last spring had fans wondering about her drastic new look. "people" said she did talk about voices in her head and explained long pauses in her answers as moments of prayer. >>> and a cleveland school bus driver was fed up with one woman he said repeatedly drove on the sidewalk to go on his bus when he stopped to pick up a disabled child. so he had police set up a sting. >> all right. justice has been served. >> well, the driver pleaded not guilty tuesday to reckless operation and failing to stop for a school bus. that will teach him. it's 8:06. let's go over to al with a check of your weather. >> guess he doesn't know about the video. >> i guess not. >> thanks, nat. let's see what we've got for you as far as today's weather is concerned. we are looking at our pick city of the day. it i
it also warns that romney will end bert and ernie's right to a civil union. the debate was the most tweeted about event in u.s. political history. >>> former saved by the bell star is suffering from bipolar disorder. "people" interviewed the women after lark's appearance on tv last spring had fans wondering about her drastic new look. "people" said she did talk about voices in her head and explained long pauses in her answers as moments of prayer. >>> and a...
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a second term, or simply what's wrong with mitt romney. >> right. and you heard from david plouffe, kim, a lot about what's wrong with mitt romney but not a lot of ownership over the past 3 1/2 years. >> well and that's the question whether or not the speech is going to work. because it was a reframing and an attempt to reach out. the problem he fundamentally has, that speech, 90% of it was about mitt romney. it was the new way of attacking mitt romney. all about how republican ideals have brought this country to a terrible place and how mitt romney would continue it. there's only about 10% that had to do with the president. and what he fundamentally did was, double down to some extent on what they've done for the past three years. saying i like my green jobs program, i like my health care bill, i want to continue with this idea of higher taxes. and the problem for the president and this campaign is that no one is really happy with the last 3 1/2 years. he didn't lay out anything new for the future. and so he hasn't addressed that fundamental questi
a second term, or simply what's wrong with mitt romney. >> right. and you heard from david plouffe, kim, a lot about what's wrong with mitt romney but not a lot of ownership over the past 3 1/2 years. >> well and that's the question whether or not the speech is going to work. because it was a reframing and an attempt to reach out. the problem he fundamentally has, that speech, 90% of it was about mitt romney. it was the new way of attacking mitt romney. all about how republican...
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. >> all right. >> i'm eating so much sweets lately. i hate myself. >> we'll talk friday, there is a new thing coming out, new study that says sugar makes you stupid. >> give me more. >> all right. what do you say? >> i have to say i kind of like both of them. i'm not trying to be nonpartisan. but i like the crunchiness of that one, but i love the chunky chocolatey bits of this one. >> it's going to be a close election? >> i think it's going to be very close. >> i am a practicing independent, but i'm going with mrs. romney. >> of course you are. >> you can find the recipes -- >> you're not committing? >> honestly, i like this sometimes, i like that. i do, honestly. delicious. by the way, for friday we are keeping a food diary. this is how much i hate myself. >> because you don't end up putting things on this on or things like that. >> if you write down everything you put in your mouth, imagine what it looks like? okay? >> everything? >> you're sick. you know what? you know what? >> i'm just saying. i don't think i was that truthful with
. >> all right. >> i'm eating so much sweets lately. i hate myself. >> we'll talk friday, there is a new thing coming out, new study that says sugar makes you stupid. >> give me more. >> all right. what do you say? >> i have to say i kind of like both of them. i'm not trying to be nonpartisan. but i like the crunchiness of that one, but i love the chunky chocolatey bits of this one. >> it's going to be a close election? >> i think it's going to be...
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does this take some of the heat off of romney right now in terms of the release of more of his tax returns? >> no. i think it'll only ratchet up more pressure at least by the obama campaign on governor romney to release more than what he said he'd do a couple years. in this particular case, governor romney said his running mate paid a higher rate than he did. he too has investment income. one reason governor romney's rate is so low is because he doesn't earn a paycheck. he gets investment income so it is taxed as a dividend. as ron alluded to this is a political stunt, the obama campaign wanting to keep the attention on tax returns. maybe some people think it's important. others will think it's a distraction. they want to keep the story alive and here we are talking about it as well. >> and the ryan pick was supposed to change the conversation and here we're back on taxes. let's talk about paul ryan. a week on the trail so far and it has been his record that's been under scrutiny. is it more or less than we'd expect this early in a vp? >> i think it's about what you'd expect. he'll get a l
does this take some of the heat off of romney right now in terms of the release of more of his tax returns? >> no. i think it'll only ratchet up more pressure at least by the obama campaign on governor romney to release more than what he said he'd do a couple years. in this particular case, governor romney said his running mate paid a higher rate than he did. he too has investment income. one reason governor romney's rate is so low is because he doesn't earn a paycheck. he gets investment...
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today mitt romney visited a firehouse here in new york city. of course, he was disappointed when he learned that the firehouse is not where you get the fire people. he's like, "what?" some tech news. today, facebook founder mark zuckerberg announced a new tool that lets users show that they are donors. you know, in case there's a plow accident in farmville. [ laughter ] you got to know these things. [ applause ] get this. people are crazy. a billionaire in australia plans to build a replica of "the titanic" called "the titanic 2." [ laughter ] it's a great way to travel if you couldn't get a flight on the hindenberg, jr. [ laughter ] this isn't good. last week, a hunter in kansas shot his friend twice because he mistakenly thought he was a turkey. [ laughter ] yeah, after the first shot, the guy said he wasn't a turkey. but, come on, that's exactly what a turkey would have said. [ laughter ] check this out. i read about a new yoga class in california where students are encouraged to smoke marijuana before they arrive. [ cheers ] it's a great pl
today mitt romney visited a firehouse here in new york city. of course, he was disappointed when he learned that the firehouse is not where you get the fire people. he's like, "what?" some tech news. today, facebook founder mark zuckerberg announced a new tool that lets users show that they are donors. you know, in case there's a plow accident in farmville. [ laughter ] you got to know these things. [ applause ] get this. people are crazy. a billionaire in australia plans to build a...
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i think it's moving toward romney right now. the debates are very good. romney will use it as a charm and motive offensive to get people comfortable with him because they are starting to come around to the fact that he might be president and he has to close that final point. it's ohio. ohio is closer. the firewall is on fire. if you look at the demographics of ohio, if romney could perform as well with white voters there as he is in states like virginia and florida, there is room for him to grow. so this firewall stuff is a picket fence. the race is closing fast. >> what's the key? >> i think ohio is the key, although there are paths that don't include ohio. but unemployment went down again in ohio. 7%. lowest in four years. and i think this is the race the obama campaign always expected to run, a razor's edge. that's why they invested so much in the go tv operation around the country. >> get out the vote. >> yeah. get out the vote. >> in ohio, traditionally they win the early vote. >> yes. but you win it, and by a lot, and that gives you a firewall on el
i think it's moving toward romney right now. the debates are very good. romney will use it as a charm and motive offensive to get people comfortable with him because they are starting to come around to the fact that he might be president and he has to close that final point. it's ohio. ohio is closer. the firewall is on fire. if you look at the demographics of ohio, if romney could perform as well with white voters there as he is in states like virginia and florida, there is room for him to...
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. >> all right. janet shamlian there, do take care of yourself. tonight mitt romney's running mate takes center stage at the republican national convention as paul ryan accepts the party's vice presidential nomination. on tuesday delegates officially nominated mitt romney for president and he'll accept his nomination tomorrow. last night romney and at the convention to greet his wife ann after her prime time address. speaking of her husband, she said this is the man america needs. in his keynote address, new jersey governor chris christie said it is time to end what he calls an era of absentee leadership in the white house. can you watch nbc's prime time coverage of the republican national convention including paul ryan's vice presidential acceptance speech. that's tonight at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific right here on nbc. a new book from navy s.e.a.l. is raising questions about the raid that took down osama bin laden and whether it was intended to capture or kill the terror leader according to the associated press. the military was concerned the b
. >> all right. janet shamlian there, do take care of yourself. tonight mitt romney's running mate takes center stage at the republican national convention as paul ryan accepts the party's vice presidential nomination. on tuesday delegates officially nominated mitt romney for president and he'll accept his nomination tomorrow. last night romney and at the convention to greet his wife ann after her prime time address. speaking of her husband, she said this is the man america needs. in his...
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which explains his new campaign slogan, mitt romney -- that's it. that's the slogan. [ laughter ] just stop right there, before you can even get a bad taste in your mouth. [ applause ] you go, hey that sounds pretty good to me, man. i like that guy. did you see this? yesterday newt gingrich got to feed a panda while he was visiting the san diego zoo. he was, like, look how much this giant animal loves food. yeah. the panda said that, not newt gingrich. [ laughter ] a talking panda. you heard about that part at the san diego zoo? this is interesting, you guys. switzerland is planning to launch a janitor satellite to clean up space junk. you can tell it's a janitor satellite. take a look at this picture of the satellite, there. you can -- >> jimmy: it's got keys to every room in the galaxy. get this, a court in germany has reopened a 400-year-old case involving a woman who was found guilty of witchcraft. and if that woman is still alive for the trial, i'm going to go ahead and say guilty. [ laughter ] i mean, that can't be, right? it's weird. listen t
which explains his new campaign slogan, mitt romney -- that's it. that's the slogan. [ laughter ] just stop right there, before you can even get a bad taste in your mouth. [ applause ] you go, hey that sounds pretty good to me, man. i like that guy. did you see this? yesterday newt gingrich got to feed a panda while he was visiting the san diego zoo. he was, like, look how much this giant animal loves food. yeah. the panda said that, not newt gingrich. [ laughter ] a talking panda. you heard...
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nobody would say that about mitt romney right now. but we've had wealthy people run for office quite successfully. >> quite successfully. i think part of it is they were all comfortable in their own skin. and they all were very practical, pragmatic politicians. nobody would accuse franklin roosevelt or john kennedy of being strictly ideological by any means. but they were able to make peace with themselves and then make a political pitch to the country about their vision and where they wanted it to go. if you try to pretend what you're not going to be, ronald reagan said the camera never lies. ultimately the camera will out. and this is politics these days is about usually very wealthy people running. and i think people don't mind that because people love to be wealthy. but they want someone who -- to go to tom's point, that even in new zealand they will think you're authentic. >> mika, there's no doubt the white house is going to exploit this. >> they're running on this. >> even now, the president has four or five events scheduled in
nobody would say that about mitt romney right now. but we've had wealthy people run for office quite successfully. >> quite successfully. i think part of it is they were all comfortable in their own skin. and they all were very practical, pragmatic politicians. nobody would accuse franklin roosevelt or john kennedy of being strictly ideological by any means. but they were able to make peace with themselves and then make a political pitch to the country about their vision and where they...
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yes and yes means no. >> right, and romney, look, president romney is looking to be presidential and he is not going to say rash things in the course of the campaign with his contemporaries perhaps he will be more bold, with the real deal, he is not going to say anything particularly provocative i don't think on the campaign trail. >> the president says i don't bluff. he says i got your back, israel, that's a direct quote from the interview. he said you can say he is being hawkish or not being hawkish. look, it's in everyone's best interest not to try to contain a nuclear iran. they have a bomb, everyone else is going to bomb. the problem with india and pakistan, multiply by a factor of four or five. for none proliferation, this is a huge item, this is a zrast. he is focused on that, doesn't want it to happen but also says the most durable way historically to change an access decision on nuclear weapons is to do it voluntarily. that's how it lasts and works. he is trying to push the europeans and everyone else for iran to come to a different set of conclusions. chris: if they decide
yes and yes means no. >> right, and romney, look, president romney is looking to be presidential and he is not going to say rash things in the course of the campaign with his contemporaries perhaps he will be more bold, with the real deal, he is not going to say anything particularly provocative i don't think on the campaign trail. >> the president says i don't bluff. he says i got your back, israel, that's a direct quote from the interview. he said you can say he is being hawkish...
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>> i think that the polling is showing it right between santorum and romney. voters are going to be about 52%. >> interesting. we'll be watching. thank you all very much. before we go, you can watch our weekly press pass kvrlconversat. after the premiere of "game change" on hbo about the book. that's presspass@msnbc.com. we'll be back next sunday. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't be, and i get the chance to spend more time with my wife and my kids. it's my world. that's my world. ♪ foil yourat's my world. house to reflect the sun's rays back into space to try to reduce climate change. but there are easier ways to go green. like turning off the lights when you leave a room. you could save the tin foil for leftovers the more you know. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com you could save the tin foil for leftovers
>> i think that the polling is showing it right between santorum and romney. voters are going to be about 52%. >> interesting. we'll be watching. thank you all very much. before we go, you can watch our weekly press pass kvrlconversat. after the premiere of "game change" on hbo about the book. that's presspass@msnbc.com. we'll be back next sunday. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working....
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i came in and some of the folks here were holding signs, democrats for romney, all right? i love that. i love that. chris: well, the question is, is mitt romney really wenning or is this a psychological game in which he's getting the democrats to be demoralized while all this talk of him being ahead? >> beats me. usually you have a gut feeling about it. i have no gut feeling about this election. but i will say this. that calling -- that optimism and saying it's a big deal is more -- is more fundamentally american and more optimistic and more positive, i think, and so i would give romney slightly the upper hand on this message rather than saying you got to go out ask vote. chris: you may not like the things you are wut what happens if we lose the election seems to be the message. >> and that people like to go with a winner if he can project himself as winning it's helpful to him. the group of largely male voters that some democrats are concerned about who might switch secretly almost to mitt romney who are looking for an excuse not to vote for barack obama again, who voted
i came in and some of the folks here were holding signs, democrats for romney, all right? i love that. i love that. chris: well, the question is, is mitt romney really wenning or is this a psychological game in which he's getting the democrats to be demoralized while all this talk of him being ahead? >> beats me. usually you have a gut feeling about it. i have no gut feeling about this election. but i will say this. that calling -- that optimism and saying it's a big deal is more -- is...
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is that undermining what should be gains for romney right now? >> well, again, there's no question that the president, he did it on the stump quite explicitly. he wants to define governor romney as someone unacceptable based on his business background, and i think it's been clear for a long time, if the election's a referendum up or down, do you want four more years of the economy the way it's been, people aren't going to want that. so, the president's trying to focus on making governor romney seem dangerous and unacceptable. and some republicans are being critical of governor romney, sort of laying back, taking a week off, maybe not being as aggressive in defining himself on the business background, as some republicans would like to see. the job situation, the unemployment situation front and center, no doubt, and clearly bad. it's the fight over defining romney versus making this about the economy that we're going to see play out as we have been over the next couple months. >> mark halperin, good to talk to you. thanks for coming on. >> thanks,
is that undermining what should be gains for romney right now? >> well, again, there's no question that the president, he did it on the stump quite explicitly. he wants to define governor romney as someone unacceptable based on his business background, and i think it's been clear for a long time, if the election's a referendum up or down, do you want four more years of the economy the way it's been, people aren't going to want that. so, the president's trying to focus on making governor...
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>> all right, lilia luciano in san ford, florida, thank you. >>> voters in illinois head to the polls today, as mitt romney is looking to widen his lead over rick santorum in the republican presidential race. santorum has chosen to spend his day voting -- voting in gettysburg pennsylvania as he looks ahead to the primary there in the senate he represented as senator. >>> army staff sergeant robert bales remembers very little about the night he's accused of killing 16 afghan civilians. this is according to his lawyer. bales is expected to be formally charged this week. meantime, there's a new revelation bales owes $1.5 million from a 2003 court ruling that found him guilty of securities fraud back when he was a trader before joining the service. >>> we are learning more about the gunman who shot and killed three children and a rabbi monday at a jewish school in toulouse, france. france's interior minister says the suspect may have been wearing a video camera around his neck, possibly recording the shooting, and says investigators are looking for any such postings online. meantime, fran
>> all right, lilia luciano in san ford, florida, thank you. >>> voters in illinois head to the polls today, as mitt romney is looking to widen his lead over rick santorum in the republican presidential race. santorum has chosen to spend his day voting -- voting in gettysburg pennsylvania as he looks ahead to the primary there in the senate he represented as senator. >>> army staff sergeant robert bales remembers very little about the night he's accused of killing 16...
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the odds are with romney, but life is interesting. >> right, forgive me for interrupting. congresswoman, if you look, you have a split. you are a woman in the south in tennessee where santorum did well, and romney has two contests coming up but he is losing the part of the party even though he is still the favorite? >> i think this race is capturing the attention of the american public, the democrats and the republicans, who want to see where the republican party will shake out. people in tennessee said newt was the candidate of the tea party, and romney is the party of the establishment, and they say what we want is somebody to focus on the jobs and the economy and listen to us. listen to me, and don't yell at me, but listen to me. >> where do you see it? >> i think romney is still the probable winner, but i think the challenge that he has, he has to deal with the base, and he has to deal with those at the extreme, and at the same time come with a broad enough vision for the american public after the primary is over, and i think that's the kind of delegate balance he has
the odds are with romney, but life is interesting. >> right, forgive me for interrupting. congresswoman, if you look, you have a split. you are a woman in the south in tennessee where santorum did well, and romney has two contests coming up but he is losing the part of the party even though he is still the favorite? >> i think this race is capturing the attention of the american public, the democrats and the republicans, who want to see where the republican party will shake out....
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and romney can tap into that in a way that he can do with no other issue right now. chris: you agree, a smart conservative writer who said this will be for the tea party people what roe was for the majority. >> i don't know if it will last that long. roe had a long shelf life. but i think the tea party is going to rally on this and very, very powerful thing. the hatred for this law, a lot of the stuff that we went through with the death panel summer and the town hall meetings, that level of anger is smoldering just below the surface. in this part of the electorate. and i think it's been reignited. by john roberts. >> i spoke to a couple of people who are not in washington and a person -- in missouri, they said actually that it's not that much interest in this. they were not sitting there at their television screen glued. chris: you read some of this stuff at the end of the week -- >> and look at the polling on where it ranks as a voting issue. yes among the tea party. chris: and people are calling this guy traitor. and wikipedia page. >> they're calling him the new d
and romney can tap into that in a way that he can do with no other issue right now. chris: you agree, a smart conservative writer who said this will be for the tea party people what roe was for the majority. >> i don't know if it will last that long. roe had a long shelf life. but i think the tea party is going to rally on this and very, very powerful thing. the hatred for this law, a lot of the stuff that we went through with the death panel summer and the town hall meetings, that level...
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but could some of santorum's recent controversial statements lead to a romney comeback? nbc's tracy potts joins us from washington with those details. >> lynn, good morning. >> reporter: santorum is leading in the polls in michigan right now and hoping to hold on to that for the next week. hoping to focus on that. but, instead, he has been explaining his comments about a phony theology. after a day explaining his phony theology remark last night, rick santorum refocused on an issue hitting midwesterners hard this time of the year, gas prices. >> reporter: the white house announced a deal to drill along the border with mexico and now getting an idea how much the candidates are working with. romney raised $6.5 million last month but told ohio santorum is spending too much in washington. >> when republicans go to washington and spend like democrats, you're going to have a lot of spending and that is what we have seen over the last several years. >> reporter: gingrich earned over $5.5 million, like santorum, he focused on social issues forcing catholics to pay for birth cont
but could some of santorum's recent controversial statements lead to a romney comeback? nbc's tracy potts joins us from washington with those details. >> lynn, good morning. >> reporter: santorum is leading in the polls in michigan right now and hoping to hold on to that for the next week. hoping to focus on that. but, instead, he has been explaining his comments about a phony theology. after a day explaining his phony theology remark last night, rick santorum refocused on an issue...
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when it comes to respecting women's rights, mitt romney says no. when it comes to letting people love who they love and marry who they want to marry, mitt romney says no. when it comes to expanding access to good health care, mitt romney -- >> says no! >> actually -- actually -- actually -- actually -- mitt romney said yes and now he says no. >> no! >> governor romney has undergone an extreme makeover. and it ain't pretty. so here's what we are going to say to mitt romney in november. we're going to say no! of all the fictions we heard last week in tampa, the one i find most troubling is this. if we just all go our own way, our nation will be stronger for it. because if we sever the thread that connect us, the only people who will go far are those who are already ahead. we all understand that freedom isn't free. what romney and ryan don't understand is neither is opportunity. we have to invest in it! republicans tell us that if the most prosperous among us do even better, some how the rest of us will too. folks, we have heard that before. first the
when it comes to respecting women's rights, mitt romney says no. when it comes to letting people love who they love and marry who they want to marry, mitt romney says no. when it comes to expanding access to good health care, mitt romney -- >> says no! >> actually -- actually -- actually -- actually -- mitt romney said yes and now he says no. >> no! >> governor romney has undergone an extreme makeover. and it ain't pretty. so here's what we are going to say to mitt...
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and newt gingrich will not be the final choice, but we are not handing this off to mitt romney for right now. >> what newt is doing and what is great at, is playing the music and piano of resentment, we have a lot of mad people. but the reason liquor sales have doubled, is because hard whisky is going to the republican office and champagne is going to the nancy pelosi office. and it's easy to get tied up in a campaign like this, but in a general election, it's a problem. >> and go more to the middle even for the rest of the primaries, and why and how? >> well, after he got it locked. i thought he might lose south carolina by two points and not 12. mitt has a problem. it will probably take all of february to get it back. if mitt fixes his message, and he has the mechanics, newt is going to turn into jerry brown and he will follow him around, and that's not what you have to do to win the election. it would be a train wreck. romney cannot be contended by that either. it's a tough course. >> the white house is loving all of this. they are watching in south carolina. and the ads against newt
and newt gingrich will not be the final choice, but we are not handing this off to mitt romney for right now. >> what newt is doing and what is great at, is playing the music and piano of resentment, we have a lot of mad people. but the reason liquor sales have doubled, is because hard whisky is going to the republican office and champagne is going to the nancy pelosi office. and it's easy to get tied up in a campaign like this, but in a general election, it's a problem. >> and go...
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be right back. chris: welcome back. it's been a pretty horrible june for barack obama's campaign, let's face it. it's gone from the bad jobs report on the first of the month to the lost in the wisconsin recall election to the leaks uproar, the falling behind in racing cash and a far too optimistic remark by the president about the private sector economy, and all that against the backdrop of mitt romney who has been running out the clock, shaking hands and delivering a requisite smile but not answering any reporters' questions on the issues. playing it safe. >> do you think your comments about firefighters were taken out of context? >> i'm sorry? >> do you think your comments about firefighters were taken out of context? chris: that is -- we've all been there. when he keeps his head down and he mumbles something to you that can't be used on calle -- camera. >> and i've been the one shouting the question. it's an awkward moment pofment candidates will tell you they want to be with the voter but of course they're also wont
be right back. chris: welcome back. it's been a pretty horrible june for barack obama's campaign, let's face it. it's gone from the bad jobs report on the first of the month to the lost in the wisconsin recall election to the leaks uproar, the falling behind in racing cash and a far too optimistic remark by the president about the private sector economy, and all that against the backdrop of mitt romney who has been running out the clock, shaking hands and delivering a requisite smile but not...